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The Daily Mail Monday quoted the pendant's inventor, chiropractor Dr. Charles Brown, as saying that it "contains a 'magical configuration' of quartz and other crystals which deflect electromagnetic radiation from modern office equipment--and counter 'negative vibes.
He even used the same word--"proportion"--to deflect scrutiny.
The NYT budget off-lead covers much the same ground but is a bit more sensitive to the political angle, saying the budget presents the president with "another opportunity to portray himself as absorbed in governing, and to deflect accusations that he had an affair.
USAT states that the Clinton letter was one of several moves "trying to deflect attention from the president's own fund-raising role in the 1996 election," and quotes bill opponent Sen.
In such places, too, is found bog iron , sometimes concentrated enough to deflect compasses.